Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-03-19

known in the State IN that line, and has
had extensive plumbing contracts. II.
b. Englehard, OF the firm, told your
correspondent to-day that inability TO
make collections made the assignment
necessary. He says Che assets are $780,
Geo and the liabilities not over $40, 600.
The business OF the firm will not be at
all affected by the assignment.
Extensive fires are destroying the
pine forests on Brunswick river, near
Wilmington.
The weather here continues 30 cold
as 10 cause some alarm for the crops OF
fruit and vegetables. Yesterday there
was heavy snowfall in the Asheville
section.
The residence Of Joseph Bullock, IN
Beaufort county, has been burned, with
ell the furniture. Loss, $1,000; no In
surance.
SOME RAILWAY NEWS.
LET me tell you some news, said
railway official to-day. I'm much
shorter time than people have any idea
of there will be new line OF railway
from Richmond to Atlanta Did you
know that the Virginia and North Caro-
lima railroad from Petersburg to Ridge
way had Just been bonded for Sl2,OOO
per mile? Work is to begin at once
ON the line from Monroe, n. c., to At
lanta, Ga, and combine the lines from
Richmond to Petersburg, Petersburgto
Ridgeway, Ridgeway 10 Raleigh, RAJ
leigh 10 Hamlet, Hamlet to Monroe,
md Monroe to Atlanta, and see what
a straight line you get. Then there
will be another through line, the same
ss that above named, save that at
Hamlet il will extend to Cheraw,
s. c., and thence ria Augusta, ia,
make southern connections. The Ham
let-Cheraw link is known as the opal
metto" road, and is twenty miles long
II is completed to the bridge over the
Pee-Dee river, mile this side of
Cheraw, and early this spring will run
into Cheraw. Augusta is its objective
point. This link, as well as the one
from Petersburg to Ridgeway, is owned
by Mr.. Moncure Robinson, who will
get the right of way over the Raleigh
and CASTOR and Raleigh and Augusta
roads. You may not believe it, but |
really expect to see double-track road
between Richmond and Raleigh in less
than four years. The new combinations
will startle the public when the news is
made public The people, not only of
Raleigh, but of all this section, will be
pleased to be in closer co9nection with
Richmond"
The Hoape-Fear and Yaakia-YalIey
road has just completed q branch line
to the factories on Deep river.
INCREASING THE POPULATION.
North Carolina receives perhaps as
little immigration as any other State,
vet. as the census returns show, its in
crease of population is remarkable.
This must needs be the case in COM
munity of people living so largely on
agricultural life, and of course a home
life. There is no State with larger
proportion of children per family, it is
also said, and no doubt there is good
ground for the assertion. In Harnett
county Margaret Mcneil has just given
birth to four living children.
NEWS NOTES.
Fayetteville's $50, 900 hotel, hand
some and spacious structure, Is rising
rapidly on the site of the one burned III
November, 1885.
Up to the close OF the late war Fay
etteyille was noted factory town. 1t
seems likely that it will regain its lost
prestige in this respect. The Cross
Greek cotton-factory is being rebuilt,
and the others will play the part OF the
Phoenix and rise from the ashes IN
which they have lain since Sherman
burned them in 1865.
There are now only twenty-one com
panies in the State Guard. The law
permits twenty-four The other three
will be raised at once. In fact, there
will be many candidates for selection.
1t is stated on good authority that
the number of mortgages recorded this
year is much smaller than usaal-cer-
tainly most encouraging sign.
PERSONALS.
Minister Jaryis's home paper at
Greenville "booms" him for the sens-
torship. That is "straw" which in
dicates the direction from whence the
wind blows.
The officers of the Cape-Fear and
Yadkin- Valley railroad have presented
Thomas III. Sutton, Esq, member of
the House of Commons from Cumber-
land, with cane as Testimonial OF
their appreciation of his work.
Professor w. V. Savage, of this city,
has been appointed assistant secretary
of the North Carolina Teachers Assem-
bly, vice MIR. Ed. Mckee Goodwin, re-
moved from the State.
Mr.. Robert X. Bryan, long an editor
at Fayetteville, but for some years
editor OF the Piedmont Press, al
Hickory, has been compelled to give
ND the latter position owing to the
great impairment of his eyesight. dc
Is a valuable man in his profession.
Mr.. Eugene G.. Harrell, the editor OF
the North Carolina TEACHER and sec
rotary of the State Teachers Assembly,
says that he is making such arrange
ments as will enable Virginia teachers
to share the pleasures and profits o.
the Assembly at its meeting at More
head next June. OF the further fact
in the matter the Dispatch will be ap
prised in due time MIR. HarrellproposeI
that the Virginia teachers shall get thC
cheap rates and fate and all the at
tendant privileges. He is thoughtful
and progressive, as this one fact clearly
shows.
A VALUABLE QUARRY.
Your correspondent was at Ora
mite yesterday and inspected Tx
extensive granite quarries there
operated by Lineham and Winder
Two hundred and fifty men ar
employed. just now $50 carload
of heavy stone is being prepared 70
the bridge over the Pee-Dee river OF
the Palmetto road, a mile this side o
Cheraw. The .stone-crusher of tn,
Raleigh and CASTOR road is at thi
quarry. So far thirty miles of tn
reads ninety seven have been thorough
ly ballasted, and the rate Of progress
now is fifteen miles year. This j
likely to he increased, perhaps doubled
in the next six months. Granite ha
prospects, with these advantages, o
becoming quite lively little town.
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